At 16:58 -0400 18/07/2011, Ed Sutton wrote: >The place where we want the strings to be level is at the strike >point, not at the plate. It should be possible to fix a straight >edge at the strike line and set agraffe heights with a string >stretched from bridge to agraffe. >Not to claim I have done it this way, yet. On the 1960s Hamburg Steinways I've come across you'd probably need to counterbore right through the iron plate to get the agraffe to hold the string at the proper strike height at least in the middle of the scale. Let's say this is a nice theory to be immediately consigned to oblivion, since it could never be put into practice -- that's supposing you mean a straight straight-edge. JD
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